Procrastinators, These 10 Tips Will Make You More Productive Than Ever

“Body doubling. If I have to clean my room and I’m procrastinating it way too much, I ask one of my friends to join me in a call until I finish organizing everything.“ — Overthinker517

“Listening to a good podcast or music (if possible) makes the time go by so much quicker. I LOVE cleaning the bathroom because it means I get to catch up on my favorite podcasts.” — cinderellabeans

“Figure out why you are procrastinating. Is the task you are trying to do too overwhelming? Break it down into smaller steps that are very easy to accomplish. Is the task too difficult ? I.e. do you not know where or how to start? Seek advice from someone more skilled. Do you have ADHD? People with ADHD are usually ones that procrastinate unless the task is highly interesting. There are medications that can help some what with this. Can you do the task with a friend or someone that can hold you accountable? These questions are a great place to start.” — Tuesday2017

“Procrastinate on something else, and do the first thing to procrastinate on the second. This sounds like a joke but it actually works for me.” — Ill-Success-4214

“For me, it’s just starting. I’ll commit to sitting down for fifteen minutes and working to the best of my ability, and after that, if I want to stop, then I’ll allow myself to. Eight times out of ten, by the time the fifteen minutes are up, I’ll be so engrossed in the work that I’ll want to continue on with it. The other two times out of ten, it’s because there’s something on my mind that I need to make steps towards resolving before I can concentrate on working effectively.” — FaoiseamhaGheobhadsa

“Make list of tasks you need to get done. Do one task, any one, cross it off. Take a break, however long, do another, cross it off. Then repeat the process. Slowly add to the list when needed. Seeing the tasks being crossed off is your sign of accomplishment and will encourage you tackle the whole list.” — GoBucs1969

“Setting deadlines for myself, and noting when I set that deadline. It’s easy to think: ‘Eh, I have so much time to get this done, it can wait,’ but it’s harder to tell myself that when I said I’d have it done in two days three weeks a week ago and haven’t even started yet. Similarly, telling other people what I’m doing and when I want to have it done, as expectations from other people are a powerful motivator.” — Wulfger

“If I don’t go ahead and do it, it’s just going to suck that much more later, I tell myself. I also have a routine for chores when I get home from work, and I must do them before I sit down because once I do, they might not get done. Self-discipline is a learned skill, one I still kinda suck at, but I’m working on it.” — Resident-Ear-5060

“Try to form habits in bite-sized chunks, rather than stare at the mountain of tasks you have. Make habits first – literally 2 minutes a day at first of working on things you need done. And do limit it to the 2 minutes in the beginning. Then as the habit starts to form, it will become easier.” — lnx84

“Force myself to spend 10 minutes doing a really half assed job of it (often with promises of disproportionate rewards at the end of said 10 minutes) and take it from there.” — Brewnonono